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Does “happiness” exist? I’ve recently been wondering what it means to “be happy.”
I currently feel better than I probably ever have in my life. I don’t necessarily hate myself, I don’t intend to harm myself, the eating disorder has gotten quieter, I’ve gotten better at dealing with change and disappointment, I don’t ... | self.depression |
I'm thinking of starting a bipolar meetup in my area so we have someone to talk to who understands our particular problems. I live in the deep south, so I'm pretty isolated. I know other BP people are too- that's one of the issues with this disease. I think it might be helpful to have a meeting once a week with other ... | self.bipolar |
I just want to vent for a bit. . . . [deleted] | self.offmychest |
I want to give up everything, it hurts to even breathe [deleted] | self.depression |
Fiancé suffers depression, need advice I am extremely worried about if I am doing enough, or if I’m doing too much. She is my whole world and I would do anything for her. But she suffers from depression. Things really go perfectly for long periods of time. We both have been married before, didn’t work out, but we are p... | self.depression |
DAE notice anxiety about one thing carrying over to other parts of your life? i'm currently stuck in a shitty job situation (signed a contract that basically requires me to pay my company $20k if i quit before my contract's up) so my job, needless to say, is making me hella anxious 24/7. on weekends/vacation, i feel pr... | self.Anxiety |
WTH is happening to me?? I have type 2. I'm compliant with my meds. I've had good control over my moods for a year now but things went to crap about a month ago.
Here's my new pattern. Two or three good days then a day where I start out sad, hopeless and depressed for a few hours, then I get frustrated, agitated and ... | self.bipolar |
No it’s not ok if I wait until tomorrow for my check. Tomorrow is fucking Saturday. I don’t work on Saturday. It costs me 12 dollars in gas to get here and back. You’re supposed to have my check ready on Friday. I can’t afford the time or money just drive here to pick up a check. I need it now, I have bills that were d... | self.offmychest |
I hate getting happy just to then remember I'll feel like crap soon so I shouldn't show off any emotions to anybody and hide in sadness. [deleted] | self.depression |
Ever Had a SAD lamp set off an episode? Essentially just the title. I have read a bunch how SAD lamps can set off episodes in people diagnosed with bipolar, especially if used in the morning. Has anyone here ever actually experienced this?
I just got a lamp (largely because it was a good deal) and am going to try usi... | self.bipolar |
Am I the only one? I am currently 14 and have the biggest fear of losing my parents, my dad isn't that healthy but my mom has made an amazing accomplishment for her to live longer in her health. I have my brother to support me but whenever I think about it, I don't think I could stand not having anyone to be there for ... | self.offmychest |
If my depression and anxiety are making others suffer then am I the problem? I don’t like talking about these things to anybody so posting this is pretty much a last ditch effort.
I’ll keep it short... I’ve struggled with crippling depression and anxiety for as long as I can remember. On top of that, I’ve never been g... | self.depression |
My life is practically over... I've officially lost all hope. Two days ago, I got the worst beat-up of my life. I live in a very conservative and traditional Middle Eastern home, and my family thinks of me as a whore. My brother's friend claimed that he slept with me, and my brother didn't think twice before believing ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Just swallowed the rest of me bottle of antidepressants. Goodbye everyone. Hope my family forgives me. | self.depression |
I just want to die, I'll probably sneak into my parents house and steal my dad's gun soon. It's what I want to do. Regardless of what everyone else wants [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
Self hate is sticking when I have work to do [deleted] | self.depression |
What doesnt kill you.... Makes you wish it had.
Now every minor frustration, every normal and to be expected unpleasantness in life takes my brain to thoughts of suicide...how great it would be to not exist...how i have no future and life is a trap.
I feel like Ive seen thru the falsehood and meaninglessness of things.... | self.bipolar |
Does everyone experience suicidal thoughts on the regular? Not just the people on this subreddit, but literally everyone **TL;DR** *I have thought about killing myself everyday for years. The reasons are pretty dumb though. I don't think much of it and feel like if I did kill myself it wouldn't be too big of a deal. I ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Birthdays My birthday was yesterday and I just couldn't get excited for it. Today the self harm thoughts very strong and are just to hard to resist and the depression is so strong. | self.bipolar |
Tonight Tonight I plan on killing myself. The last 4 months have been hell. I've lost everything that I've worked for the past 2 years of my life. I had a place on the beach in Saint augustine Florida, a career that I loved, a girlfriend that I loved. And now everything I worked for is gone.
I quit my job because of ... | self.SuicideWatch |
If my life were a movie, it'd be a suspenseful dramatic movie. [deleted] | self.depression |
please help is there not a way to renew? i am so depressed. food is bland, music is terrible. gaming feels like a chore. i do everything for female attention and i need a friend to talk to... please help | self.offmychest |
I found out depression literally gives you brain damage I just read a study stating that depression shrinks the hippocampus which is responsible for learning and memory, the study implies that this damage can even persist after the depression is treated. I am experiencing this cognitive impairment first hand, at times ... | self.depression |
I'm tired of this Everyone's telling that I'm a pussy and they're right . I feel no motivation and I have exams this year and I'm pissed I don't wanna do anything. Everyday I wish that I'll die soon. I want to spread positivity but inside I am so deppressed and everyone hate me I'm sick. I am addicted to food . Everyda... | self.depression |
Anxiety is destroying all my relationships I just wanted to rant honestly. My girl left me last night and I don't blame her at all. We didn't go out too much because I'm too scared of everything. I have to take pills before going out cus I know I'll get a panic attack when something merely troublesome or exciting happe... | self.Anxiety |
My dad is not supportive at all, I just need to vent and get this out! I'm currently doing a masters, my dad never really liked the idea of me going to university. When I said to him that I was looking at going to uni for an undergrad degree, he said that "people like your brother should go to uni, those who are clever... | self.depression |
Anyone who has overcome suicidality created by the mind? What can I hold on to when the mind says "no" to life? Just a question, especially when there are several mind attacks. I always notice myself being confused after such attacks and ask myself if I truly am suicidal, I generally take the minds words for true, like... | self.depression |
I wish I just died in that car accident. [deleted] | self.SuicideWatch |
I was just diagnosed and I don’t know how to feel... sooo now what? | self.bipolar |
What the f*ck? My ray of sunlight went back to his cheating ass ex who almost got him sent to juvie... We didn’t have a title or anything but we talked and acted like a couple. And he...? What the F U C K I’ve been crying all day and I wanna hit stuff and I can’t HEAR HIM we would face time all night and this silence i... | self.SuicideWatch |
The fact that my husband is deployed is not an invitation to flirt with me. I'm not going to fuck you because I'm a young, lonely wife whose husband is several seas away. I love and miss him too goddamn much for that. If that means cutting off friendships with certain people in my life because they decided to cross my ... | self.offmychest |
My birthday is today and I'm trying to sleep it away until tomorrow. I've slept for 14 hours. I'm so annoyed it's still my birthday. [deleted] | self.depression |
Has anyone looked into neurosurgery that treats depression? Heard of one treatment called Deep Brain Stimulation, but I've read that it's not FDA approved.
Any others?? | self.depression |
4am and I can't sleep again I wish I had a big hairy bearded man to cuddle me :( Being lonely and old sucks. | self.depression |
I’m 14 and don’t go school and I’m always on drugs [deleted] | self.depression |
3rd. since i actually have no one who takes me seriously or who even gives a fuck about me i’m venting out on reddit of how i’m planning to kill myself on the 3rd. honestly, nobody fucking cares. my fucking friend literally laughed it off when i told them i was feeling really suicidal. she did not even take me seriousl... | self.SuicideWatch |
sick on christmas i just gotta vent a little because i've had a throat infection for a week and i'm taking antibiotics for it and i only missed 1 day of work because of it but last night i developed pink eye and so i had to call in sick to work today, christmas freaking eve (i work retail) and my coworker was pretty ni... | self.offmychest |
Grappling with the realization that it gets worse with time...and nothing actually fixes it. [deleted] | self.depression |
Diagnosis support- anyone felt illegitimatized by their awareness of their symptoms? I’ve been seeing a therapist for almost a year now, she’s thinking I need further diagnosis for bipolar, borderline and/or narcissistic personality disorder.
I slipped into a depression around the holidays and completely stopped seei... | self.bipolar |
Been depressed for a while now and just got money problems too. When I was 15 I started being depressed, I dont have any fun in life and I am not loved by anyone, or so it seems. My father never talks to me and doesn't live with me and my mother, but when I am with him he doesn't even look at me when we talk. He is alw... | self.SuicideWatch |
Does anyone here wish they could just get up one day, pack your stuff, leave everything behind, and go? [deleted] | self.depression |
Depressed about my future. Hello /r/depression,
The last few months have been rough. Today I feel like shit but I still have to go on because I don't have to worry only about myself, I have a few dependents. Here is a bit of a back story, it might be a wall of text but this is only because I honestly have no-one that ... | self.depression |
I’m fucking stuck and embarrassed and evicted My mom gambled away our rent money for the second month in a row, and now we’re getting evicted, so now there’s that on my record at 20-years-old. We’re moving back in with a family member we used to live with when the recession hit in 2006-2012, and that’s when my depressi... | self.SuicideWatch |
Dealing with email anxiety I have recently been doing ok with regards to my anxiety but today I'm having a really bad day due to anxiety surrounding emails.
There is an opportunity at my university that I'd really like to get involved in but my anxiety has been stopping me from sending the email I need to send for 2 ... | self.Anxiety |
I'm having some strong anxiety issues in my relationship with my girlfriend and it's starting to hurt us. What can I do? [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Can I be bipolar and not fuck up my life if I refuse medication? [deleted] | self.bipolar |
How people in your life check on you that doesn’t feel too intruding? [deleted] | self.bipolar |
Needing help dealing with depersonalization Going to get straight to the point here, I’m having problems dealing with reality as a whole for hours on end for certain parts of the day. I’ve never really had a problem with it before but recently (last couple months) the feeling of me not being well me keeps invading my t... | self.Anxiety |
I just need someone to talk to... I dunno... maybe itll help me stop thinking about my ex and his gf and suicide. It's all just getting worse. I have no irl friends at all. I have anxiety cause by an auto-immune disease that is hard to deal with, especially alone. I just want someone to care about me. That I even exist... | self.depression |
I don't feel suicidal, but I feel like it's coming I have constant thoughts of suicide and what not, but I never want to because I don't want to scar my family's thoughts with me, but it's getting to the point where it's nearly everything I think of.
I don't want to commit suicide but I feel like I might eventually, I... | self.SuicideWatch |
I'm a Lazy piece of 💩 So, I'm wondering what the heck is wrong with me??? I've been doing nothing for years, literally nothing. I haven't had a job in about 4 years. I've quit college so many times. I would always go back to school, and think this time it'll be different, but that was a big nope. I'm 26 now no job and... | self.depression |
What do you do when nothing works? What do you do when nothing works?
What do you do when everything that used to bring you joy makes you hate yourself?
How are you supposed to get better if you sabotage yourself at every turn?
How do you exude confidence when you don't know what it's like?
What do you do if you're in ... | self.SuicideWatch |
I want to die. To sleep forever and not give a fuck about any of this.
I want to talk to someone, but I don't want to be near anyone. People always disappoint you. Especially the people who make themselves out to be friends, but ghost you after a few months. It's pointless anyway.
Every day is an endless, repeating s... | self.depression |
Found out I have a team day at work next tuesday... i feel sick and on the verge of tears TL;DR - panicking about team day because I cried at the last one and don't like the woman that runs it. Don't know whether to call in sick.
We're all (~100) going to a separate venue from the office for 5 hours of Reflecting on t... | self.Anxiety |
I want time and focus for myself and mental health but my family won't leave me alone [deleted] | self.depression |
Manic streaking This sounds funny but I thought the idea of clothes was silly during mania so I took them off and walked through the hospital naked. I was like “We’re a bunch of talking apes, why do we need these?” I also thought I was the chosen one like Jesus or something. | self.bipolar |
My boss told me that I have no strengths I was in the room with my direct supervisor and HR discussing my performance issues. I asked him if I had any strengths and he had nothing to say. Even HR didn't interject. This is after I disclosed my mental illness. All my confidence is gone. I don't want to live anymore if I ... | self.depression |
Not sure if I'm depressed, stressed or overreacting, so I want your opinions [deleted] | self.depression |
I was “abused” as a kid and I want to kill myself but I have a son [deleted] | self.offmychest |
So..I feel like beating my brothers ass Last Christmas my brother tells everyone in my family..and when I say everyone.. I'm referring to my mom and two sister's....that I had molested him..which fxkn makes me pissed .. I have never done such a disgusting thing to him or any other human being...but only thing I can com... | self.offmychest |
Marriage trouble- lots of suicidal ideations... just need a listening ear. Hello friends. I've been married a few years to a woman I love very much. We have a blended family of 6 kids. 4 are biologically mine, including a 3 year old and a 3 month old. I love them all very much. Anyway, long story short, I've battled m... | self.SuicideWatch |
What helped me a lot was time, a low profile and expressing myself here and reading other people’s stories, trying to help them. ♥️ It can be hard to find someone to talk to IRL. Believe me I tried. People either treated it as a joke or made me feel even worse by reacting like I’m some crazy person. My cries for hel... | self.depression |
Help with final wishes? Looking for a good way to commit suicide but looking for some specifics. I don't have a wife, children or family that rely upon me for financial support and no one will be hurt or even really notice if I was gone. I would prefer for it to be at least somewhat painless, in no way hurt someone els... | self.SuicideWatch |
Work and Anxiety OK. So I've had bad anxiety all my life, and find it difficult (painful) to change routines.
I worked a menial job full-time throughout my 20s. 6 years of that has overlapped with a PhD program in humanities at a mediocre university. I've done some publishing, conferencing, teaching, etc., that has he... | self.Anxiety |
Help from fallout from my best friend not wanting to date. How does she feel? Am I being used? A little about me first: I love playing and watching sports. I'm a Sophomore at Texas A&M, I'm pretty deep in my faith, I'm in a Christian fraternity.
My school has a camp (Impact) that welcomes incoming Freshmen to Tex... | self.offmychest |
Anybody ever experience this? - mild psychosis or just inopportune Facial Feature Extremes So here's something: I have BP1 always w/ dysphoric mania. I have never ever felt like I experienced "traditional" psychosis, thank the stars. I probably would've succumbed at this point if that was the case, in addition to th... | self.bipolar |
Just Keeps Getting Worse I’m pretty deep into my depression now, almost to the point where I’m questioning if I’ll ever see the light at the end of this. My girlfriend left me about two and a half months ago, she was the love of my life and I feel hopeless without her. I want her back like crazy, but she seems fine wit... | self.depression |
I hate my life and want to run away. I’m 35. My wife wants a baby. We are moving to a city that holds no real employment opportunities because she wants to be around her family and friends when we have our child. She wants to buy a house in this city, which has some of the highest housing costs in the province because ... | self.depression |
I'm worried that I'll stop caring about anything. Hi everyone, this is my first post here. I've never spoken with anyone qualified to tell me if I am depressed or not, but have my suspicions.
For the last couple of years or so, my greatest fear has been that I will stop caring. That's because the list of things I do c... | self.depression |
I thought that I was depressed, when in reality I just “woke up” As the title suggests I thought I was really depressed and not looking at the greener grass of things I guess, when I finally realized I’m just finally “waking up.”
I’ve come to realize that my mom is a skeptic/to a point unavailable as a parent/and a b... | self.offmychest |
Redditors suffering from depression, what is one service you'd pay for to use that doesn't already exist? [deleted] | self.depression |
Is there a stage of depression where you low-key hope you don’t get better, because you hate yourself so much the idea of happiness is cancer | self.depression |
I applied to a couple of jobs today. I've been unemployed since January. [deleted] | self.bipolar |
I told my crush how I feel... Kind of I'm a 18 year old bi male who has a friend who I've pretty recently developed feelings for.
We met last year in my art class. For many months it was just us talking about things like video games, anime, TV shows, stuff like that.
After summer vacation, I'm assigned to a first h... | self.depression |
Everyone is living the life but me, in recent months. About 2 years ago, I moved from NY to SC my senior year of high school. I didn't get to graduate with my best friends, and I didn't even get to make friends at the new school, since no one in their senior year really wants to make new friends. It was incredibly hard... | self.offmychest |
Trying to make it a Happy Christmas.
This year our Christmas will be tinged with sadness. My Dad died from lung and liver cancer aged 69 on 16th of November. He’d been unwell for a few months and we suspected it wouldn’t be good news. Within two weeks he’d been to his doctor who ordered an X-ray and blood test. He’d t... | self.offmychest |
Today I freaked out in public. I was having a bad day already. I need to get out of the place I'm staying and the person doesn't really want me here. Anyways, I was down at the library and had checked out a neat documentary about Prohibition and another one about Svetlana Geier. I decided against checking out a Coleman... | self.Anxiety |
In a really dark place This is really hard to talk about. I have aspergers and worked at a vet clinic where I worked almost exclusively with cats for 4 years. I went to vet tech school and got my vet tech license. After that I applied to 3 cat clinics and was denied by all 3 because of no drivers license. I applied to ... | self.depression |
Drama seems to follow me everywhere regardless of me trying to be positive [deleted] | self.depression |
The Off-White Jordan 1 is ugly AF Sorry, just my opinion. If you think they look good then wear the fuck out of them. Who cares what anyone else thinks. | self.offmychest |
Everyday is getting harder, my family is starting to notice it's not getting better. [deleted] | self.depression |
Can't see a doctor for a while so I'm stuck with low dosage fluoxetine pills Low-key can't find a single psychiatrist taking patients around here. I need to up my dosage or get a new medication, but until then I'm stuck with these :/ | self.bipolar |
Work anxiety and possibly depressed Hello. I’ve begun doing my clinical externship at a veterinary clinic. It’s actually been 6 weeks now, 9 more to go. I’m not ok.
I think I’m sinking into a complete depression. My relationship is not ok, I don’t want to be with my family, I’m not happy at my site, and I’m not doing m... | self.Anxiety |
I have 14 days I have 14 days until my inevitable court date, I have a drug charge coming my way and I was just about to get into college but I can't even go because they're going to give me probation and public service. I'm going to make just enough money to pay off court fees and my fine but I'll have to quit my job ... | self.SuicideWatch |
Fuck mooddisorders I cycle between types of hypomanic and depressive moods every day. Pretty much every morning I find it hard to get out of bed. When i’m social with someone i like I’m generally in a good mood, but when feeling down I dread human contact.
I’ve been diagnosed with mild bipolar 2 and cyclothmaia by tw... | self.bipolar |
I feel so awful I started about 6 months ago, not much but since then ive been in a deep fall, it all started with losing interest doing things i liked to do, then i started feeling exhausted all day long and lacked motivation, now all i feel is emptiness and it feels so awful, its like draining me, some nights i just ... | self.depression |
Diagnosed today I am 34 and was diagnosed as a younger person and tried to ignore it. After years of struggle I just couldn't do it anymore. Went and got a prescription to help me stay in routine and healthy. I have physical health issues as well. I was prescribed depakote. Anybody know anything about it or give me an... | self.bipolar |
Waiting to die from a rare disease I'm not really depressed naturally it's more of a forced State mind. I have a rare disease called porphyria and I'm learning to live with it just fine I accept it and I choose to make the best of it however my dad suggested I come live with him I really think it was just for my big di... | self.depression |
falling would a fall from the second floor of a building be lethal?
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I want to disassociate myself from my past mental disorder [deleted] | self.offmychest |
Can't wait any longer for things to get better. The longer I stay at work, the darker my thoughts get. I've been working in a deli at a supermarket for about six months now. It just doesn't feel like a healthy place for a person who already has been diagnosed with depression. We don't get mean customers often, but when... | self.SuicideWatch |
NYE and sadness my friends are piling up and going batshit over finding a place to spend NYE as a group, but ever since they've started scrambling for places, i've been thinking about not going and finding an excuse to give them, so i don't hurt their feelings. (i don't hate them, i can't stress how lucky i am that the... | self.depression |
23 M depressed, want to commit suicide. Would anyone read what I wrote there along with comments and give me an oppinion? https://www.reddit.com/r/SuicideWatch/comments/7q4bxy/whole_day_in_bed_crying_23m/?utm_source=reddit-android | self.depression |
I'm googling about over-the-counter drugs that are harmless when overdosed. I think I need help. If I don't reply within the next day, that means I have attempted to, but failed, or successfully did it. I don't know. Life to me is meaningless anyway, especially with my fucking bad circumstances. I hate this shitty life... | self.SuicideWatch |
I just don't really wanna exist anymore my life hasn't been really easy thus far and I don't have anyone I can really rant too so ill just turn to the anonymous internet,from day 1 it was tough I was broke and growing up I was abused I wasn't shown much affection growing up you see,so my sanctuary was like many others ... | self.depression |
DAE just get a complete and utter mental block sometimes For example I know I need to think about something important but when I try to think nothing happens or I might be able to think about it for a minute or so and then just completely lose my train of thought. | self.depression |
First my father commits suicide, now 3 months later my girlfriend lefts me out of the blue - thank you year 2017! [deleted] | self.offmychest |
With a kid on the way, I feel like I'm stuck My depression has been up and down over the past 2 years. I've hit my lowest lows, but bounced back towards the highest highs. Recently it seems like I'm slowly going back down, and there's no incline in sight. If everything keeps going the way it is, I'll be farther down th... | self.depression |
I would love some advice or input on this topic [deleted] | self.Anxiety |
Had mental break-down in a public place. Not sure if I should ask for help or if I'm only exaggerating Hello reddit,
For the longest time I was observing various subreddits, but I didn‘t had the guts to create my own post. It‘s my first time writing here, also it‘s my first time writing my problems to other readers, n... | self.depression |
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